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American literary-political engagements : from Poe to James / by William M. Etter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Etter, William M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politics and literature--United States--History--19th century.
- Politics and literature.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (138 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- American Literary-Political Engagements: From Poe to James examines how authors in the nineteenth-century United States often engaged the politics of their times through literature as they conceptualized political issues in literary terms. Concerns over Jacksonian democracy, social reform in a rapidly industrializing American economy, African-American familial cooperation in the post-Civil War era, changing conceptions of culpability Other respect to the law, and marginalized individuals' invo...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-4275-3
- OCLC:
- 820123398
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